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(3. F. SCHLOTE THANSMISS ION Filed June 5, 19s? 10 Sheets-Sheet 10 & M 5 I G Patented June 11, 1940 TRANSMISSION Guido F. Schlote, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to a The Automatic Power Transmission Company,

Inc., Ogden, Utah Application June 3, 1937, Serial No. 146,160

8 Claims. (01. 74-471) This invention relates to a mechanism for transmission of power to a load at infinitely variable speeds which are manually selected, adjusted and controlled.

5 In part, the instant inventionconstitutes im provements over the structure disclosed in Letters Patent No. 2,026,142, issued to me December 31, 1935, for Transmission mechanism.

11 One aim is to provide a novel combination of present gear-reducers, torque converters and other standard conventional transmissions, being connected to the power shaft of any motor or en- E gine, preferably between motor or engine and load to be pulled.

A second object is to provide means by which the proper gear ratios for any load can be selected and provided manually while the power is under load to produce the greatest efficiency of power-output towards its load.

A third object is to provide a novel construction of the character set forth wherein control is effected by means of parts manually operated to vary the speed of the load to be pulled.

25 A fourth object is to provide in such device a set of overrunning clutch means coacting with the crank shaft or equivalent for transmitting motion at various speeds in the same or opposite direction as the direction of the load.

A fifth object of the invention is to provide a mainshaft in two sections, that is a front shaft section and a rear shaft section, the frontshaft section being equipped with means to manually move the overrunning clutch means from centric 35 to eccentric position and vice versa in radial direction while said front shaft section is turning. 1

A sixth object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the character set forthwhichj 40, will enable the user toapply practically unlimited desired from a given highest to the standstill or 45 mission. 1

It is also aimed to provide a construction which is durable, practical, efficient and relatively simple and inexpensive.

Various additional objects and advantages will 50 become apparent from a considerationof the description following taken in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings- 55 Figure 1 is a View substantially in central lonclutch and transmission adapted to replace the power to the load, being able to select any ratio,

gitudinal section through transmission mecha nism constructed according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; a

Figure dis a cross sectional view on the line 5 3--3of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figures 5 and 5A; selectively, is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the central 1b portion of the apparatus;

Figures 5 and 5A, selectively, isan enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the central portion of the apparatus;

Figure 6 is a detail section taken on the line 15 6--6 of Figure 1;

Figure '7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 2; 2

Figure '9 is a cross section taken onthe line 9 B of Figure Figure 10 is an end elevation of oneof the clutch arms; b

Figure 11 is a side elevation of such clutch arm: Figure 12 is a sectional view taken on the line I2l2 of FigurelO;

Figure 13 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line l3l3 of Figure '7;

Figure 14 is a side elevation of one of the control or governor devices;

Figure 15 is a section taken on the line I5--l5 of Figure 14;

Figure 16 is a side elevation of one of the ring links used between the control or governor de- Vices and theoverrunning clutch devices;

Figure 17 is a detail section taken on the line .H H of Figure 16;

, Figure 18 is a side elevation, partly broken tion;

Figure 19 is a detail section taken on the line Ill-l9 of Figure 18; i

Figure 20 is a detail section taken on the line 2020 of Figure 18; and

Figure 21 is a view insubstantially central longitudinal section through a modified form of the device.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, It] designates a suitable casing or'housing, having for instance, a main section II provided with a vertical web at l2, and also having removable front and rear end sections l3 and I4, respectively, bolted to the section H as at l5 and 5 I6. Aligned, but independently movable main shaft sections are journaled centrally of the casing I, being designated I1 and I8. Shaft I! is mounted in suitable ball-bearing devices at I9 and 20, which are supported by the end section I3 and the Web I2 while the shaft section I8 is mounted in ball bearing devices at 2| and 22, pcsitioned by the web I2 and end section I 4. respectively. A ring plate 23 is bolted at 24 to the section I4 and surrounds the shaft section l8 and mounts an oil retaining ring at 25. Such rear shaft section |8 has a gear or pinion 26 keyed thereto.

Presuming the transmission to be used in connection with an automobile, the crank shaft and the propelling motor of that vehicle is connected in any suitable manner rigidly to the'shaft section IT. The shaft section I8 leads to the differential or rear wheel drive (not shown) of the automobile or vehicle. Through mechanism hereinafter described, the rotation of shaft I'I imparts its motion to a plurality, preferably three, auxiliary shafts 2'I, equidistantly spaced from each other and about the axis of the shafts I1 and I8. Such shafts 21 are journaled in suitable antifriction bearing devices 28 mounted by the end section I3v and anti-friction bearing.devices 29 mounted in the web I2. Each auxiliary shaft 21, has a pinion 21a keyed thereto and enmeshed with the gear or pinion 26. v

A pair of control or governor devices generally designated 30 are carried by the forward shaft section I1 and rotates therewith. The governor devices are movably radially outward in opposite directions relative to the shaft section II.

Such devices consist of sections 3| attached together about reduced portions 33 of such shaft II by means of screws '32. Collectively, the sections 3| provide elongated openings 34 through which the reduced shaft portions 33 extend and which portions have channels 35 across the same positioning and accommodating rack members 36, which are connected to the sections 3| by screws 31 or the equivalent.

' Each control or governor device 3|] has a plurality of ring links 38'journaled thereon, one for each of the auxiliary shafts 21. Such ring links 38 are preferably split at 39 and secured together by means of a bolt or the like 40, facilitating attachment and detachment and accurate fitting.

Overrunning clutch devices are provided at 40 on each auxiliary shaft 21. These overrunning clutch devices comprise bodies or heads 4| keyed or otherwise fixed on the shafts 2! and which heads are recessed from opposite sides at 42. Clutch arms 43 are pivoted at 44 to the ring links 38 and such clutch arms have lateral extensions 44o, carrying clutch heads 45 which are located in the recesses 42 to coact with the clutch heads 4 I. The clutch heads 45 have peripheral notches 46 in which are cam surfaces 4! and coacting:

cylindrical clutch members or elements 48, urged into clutching position by means of expansive.

clutch members 4| and cause the latter to move with the head. 45.

The said front section or shaft I! is hollow; and it has a control and adjusting shaft 5| rotatable relative to; the shaft section I! within the- .yhollowoi the'latterw Splines or teeth 52 are provided on the shaft 5| which are enmeshed with the teeth of the rack bars 35.

Shaft 5| has a screw thread at 53 and a reduced portion 54 beyond the same. The outer end of the shaft IT is closed by a plug 55 screw threaded therein at 56 and held against turning relatively to the shaft IT in adjusted positions by a screw as at 51. Plug 55 has an extension 58 and a coil spring 59 surrounds the extensions 54 and 56 and has opposite ends connected there" to as at 69 and 6|. The shaft 5| is adapted to be turned relatively to the shaft i? so as to place by a retaining plate 65 screwed in place as at 66. This ring device is slidable with sleeve 62 and it has extensions 61 passing through elongated slots 68 in the shaft H and being reduced at 69 and engaged with a slidable nut I0 having a thread engaged with the thread 53. Ballbearing devices 7| are preferably located about the ring device 64, so as to reduce their friction.

Said sleeve 62 is exteriorly screw threaded and in screw threaded engagement therewith as at- I2 is a rotatable hand wheel I3 journaled on a reduced portion I4 of the casing l0. Such reduced portion has an annular groove I5 opposite an annular groove "I6 in the wheel and which grooves are engaged by asplit expansive connecting ring 11, which ring secures the parts together against separation but with permissible turning.

Presuming operation of thedevice, it will be realized that it is adapted to transmit power to a load in such a way as to vary the speed at the output end at will and under manual control from zero gear or standstill to any speed desired "up to the given maximum limit, such maximum limit in the present instance being 66.6 percent of the input speed. I

Such varying may be accomplishedunder load or not under load, through the turning of the wheel I3 which willcause sleeve 62 to slide, moving with it thering device 64 and the nut Ill. The movement of the nut Ill is relative to the shaft 5| and hence through the intermeshing of the threads 53 and those of nut Ill, the shaft 5| will turn. Such turning movement through the splines 52, and rack members 36, will be imparted to the control or governor devices 36, causing radial motion of the latter and their-central locations, the same moving in opposite directions.

The motion of such devices 30 is imparted to the ring links 38 which move the arms 43 and ac- .cordinglythe clutch head 45 so that the, clutch members 48 will lock and cause the clutch heads 45 and 4| to pull in one'direction of motionand to .loosen or unlock in the other direction of motion. stroke of the parts will pull clutch heads 4| and shafts 21 in one directioin while the back-stroke thereof will be idling or recuperating. The motion of the ring links 38'will thereby be trans-- mitted to the shafts 2'I, gears 28, gear 26, to the shaft 8. The motion of the ring links or connecting rods 38 will as pointed out be transmitted to the; shaft l8 which will produce speed depending uponthe length of the links 38 upon their By means of this construction, the,

respective governor or alternator devices 30. It will thus be seen that the longer the stroke of the link 38, the greater the bite of the clutch means on the heads 4|, thereby the greater the speed of the auxiliary shaft and of course then, the greater the speed of the output main. shaft l8. By virtue of the law of leverage, it will. be noted that the power transmitted at a high reduction of speed will be great and the more the adjusting wheel 13 is turned, the farther the governor devices 30 will be moved from a concentric to an eccentric position, and the greater the stroke of the links orconnecting rods 38 will be. Thus the speed will become greater until the governor devices 30 will have reached their most eccentric position, in which the high speed will have been reached at the output end or shaft l8. v

A free-wheeling condition will be noted. Spring 59 will counteract possible high centrifugal force of the governor devices 30 at concentric positions at high speed and help the adjustment for lower speed.

The contacting surface of connecting rods. or links 38 about the governor devices 30 is preferably lined with Babbitt metal or the equivalent as at 80.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, I may resort to the modified form shown in Figure 21. The essential difference between this form and the previous form is that a free-wheeling unit is employed at between shaft sections ll" and I8, corresponding to those at ii and I8, respectively in the preceding form. The other changes reside merely in dimensions and location of bearing. This freewheeling unit 8%! is an overrunning clutch device having a head 8! fixed on the shaft l1 at 82. One face of the head 8| is recessed at 83 and operating therein is a clutch head 84 fixed at 85 on the shaft section l8. Head 84 is shaped like that at 45, for example, and its coacting clutch members or rollers 36 are interposed between the two clutch heads, shaped and functioning like those at 48. Otherwise the structure operates and is constructed like that of the preceding form. The reason for placing the free-wheel unit 80 in the location mentioned is to eliminate a freewheeling condition in case the rear shaft 18 should turn faster than the front shaft l'l', thereby furnishing in combustion engine driven transmission units of this kind, a means of applying a compression brake, such as in cars of today without free-wheeling attachments. This additional unit 80 will operate so that if the power supply for the transmission is shut off, then the load will have to turn the engine until the load has ceased to idle at the rear main shaft; however,

if the power is turned on again, then this unit 80,

will disconnect at once the two shafts and the power will be transmitted through the auxiliary shaft, since the front in-put shaft is turning faster than the out-put shaft until the two shafts speed will reach aproportion of 1:1, at which point this unit between the two shafts will commence to operate.

I claim as my invention:

1. An. eccentric mechanism for use in an intermittent grip device comprising a rotatably adjustable shaft adapted to be housed within a drive shaft, a governor device having an opening through which the first shaft passes, gear means between the first shaft and governor device at said opening to move the governor device laterally with respect to the first shaft through turning of the latter, means to secure the first shaft in different angular positions, a spring eonnected to the first shaft, and means mounting said spring operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered.

2. An eccentric mechanism, for use in an intermittent grip device comprising a rotatably adjustable shaft adapted to be housed within a drive shaft, a governor device having an opening through which the first shaft passes, gear means between the first shaft and governor device at said opening to move the governor device laterally with respect to the first shaft through turning of the latter, a nut threaded on said first shaft, means operable to move the nut to cause turning of the first shaft to different angular positions, a spring connected to the first shaft, and means mounting said spring operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered.

3. An eccentric mechanism for use in an intermittent grip device comprising a rotatably adjustable shaft adapted tobe housed within a drive shaft, a governor device having an opening through which the first shaft passes, gear means between the first shaft and governor device at said opening to move the governor device laterally with respect to the first shaft through turning of the latter, a nut threaded on said first shaft, means operable to move the nut to cause turning of the first shaft comprising a ring device engaging the nut and a sleeve slidable to operate the ring device, a spring connected to the first shaft, and means mounting said spring operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered.

4. An eccentric mechanism for use in an intermittent grip device comprising a rotatably adjustable shaft adapted to be housed within a drive shaft, a governor device having an opening through which the first shaft passes, gear means between the first shaft and governor device at said opening to move the governor device laterally with respect to the first shaft through turning of the latter, a nut threaded on said first shaft, means operable to move the nut to cause turning of the first shaft comprising a ring device engaging the nut, a sleeve slidable to operate the ring device, an operating wheel screw threaded to the sleeve and means journaling the wheel and holding it against sliding movement, a spring connected to the first shaft, and means mounting said spring operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be resp-onsive to the torque delivered.

5. Amechanism of the class described having a first shaft, a shaft adjustably rotatable within and relatively to the first shaft, movable eccentric control means geared to the second shaft, a spring connected to the second shaft, means on the first shaft operable to place the spring under the first shaft operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered, said second shaft having a screw'thread, a nut slidable along-the screw thread, -means operable to slide the nut comprising a sleeve surrounding the first shaft, a ring device slidable through movement of the sleeve, said ring device having a projection extending through an elongated slot in the first shaft and engaging said nut, and means operable to slide the sleeve.

'7. A mechanism of the class described having a first shaft, a shaft adjustably rotatable within and relatively to the first shaft, movable eccentric control means geared to the second shaft, a spring connected to the second shaft, means on the firstshaft operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered, said second shaft having a screw thread, a nut slidable along the screw thread, means operable to slide the nut comprising a sleeve surrounding the first shaft,

a ring device slidable through movement of the sleeve, said ring device having a projection extending through an elongated slot in the first shaft and engaging said nut, means operable to slide the sleeve comprising a wheel in screw threaded engagement with the sleeve, and means journaling the wheel and mounting it against sliding. I

8. A mechanism of the class described having a first shaft, a shaft adjustably rotatable within and relatively to the first shaft, movable eccentric control means controlled through movement of the second shaft, a spring connected to the second shaft, means on the first shaft operable to place the spring under torsion in opposition to the load to be responsive to the torque delivered, and operating means actuated by one of said shafts.

GUIDO F. SCHLOTE. 

